inaccessible
adjective/ˌɪnækˈsesəbl/
/ˌɪnækˈsesəbl/
- difficult or impossible to reach, get or use
- They live in a remote area, inaccessible except by car.
- Dirt can collect in inaccessible places.
- inaccessible to somebody/something The temple is now inaccessible to the public.
- The human brain was thought to be inaccessible to experimental investigation.
Extra Examples- The hall is inaccessible to wheelchair users.
- The mouth of the river proved inaccessible.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- prove
- seem
- …
- completely
- totally
- almost
- …
- by
- to
- inaccessible (to somebody) (of language or art) difficult to understand or appreciate
- The language of teenagers is often completely inaccessible to adults.
- Opera and high art are often seen as inaccessible to ordinary people.
Word Originlate Middle English: from French, or from late Latin inaccessibilis, from in- ‘not’ + accessibilis (from Latin access- ‘approached’, from the verb accedere, from ad- ‘to’ + cedere ‘give way, yield’).
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